Nine Mile Antlerless Elk Draw Odds (Utah)

Antlerless Elk hunts on the Nine Mile unit, drawn with preference points. In 2026, 468 residents applied for 271 resident permits and 33 nonresidents for 30 nonresident permits across 5 hunts.

Data: Utah DWR draw odds, utahdraws.com/drawodds (2026). Dates: 2026 DWR Antlerless Application Guidebook. Page built Sept. 24, 2026.

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Nine Mile antlerless elk draw: key facts, 2026

Nine Mile antlerless elk hunts drew 468 resident applications in 2026, the 18th fewest of 38 antlerless elk units.
Nine Mile antlerless elk averaged 1.7 resident applicants per resident permit, the 6th lowest of 38 antlerless elk units with permits.
Nine Mile antlerless elk resident odds ranged from 1 in 1.0 (EA2034, archery) to 1 in 2.3 (EA1054, rifle) in 2026.
Nonresidents were 7% of Nine Mile antlerless elk applicants (33 of 501) and drew 30 of 301 permits in 2026.

Computed from Utah DWR draw odds (utahdraws.com/drawodds, 2026) and earlier DWR drawing odds reports. Past draws do not predict future ones.

All Nine Mile antlerless elk hunts

Every Nine Mile antlerless elk hunt code in the 2026 DWR antlerless report. Source: Utah DWR draw odds, utahdraws.com/drawodds (2026).
Hunt	Code	Weapon	2026 season	Res. applicants	Res. permits	Res. odds 2026	Nonres. permits
Anthro On this page	EA2034	Archery	Aug. 15 to Sept. 16	4	4	1 in 1.0	1
Range Creek On this page	EA1239	Rifle (any legal weapon)	Oct. 3 to 25	56	38	1 in 1.5	2
Range Creek On this page	EA1240	Rifle (any legal weapon)	Nov. 25, 2026 to Jan. 31, 2027	180	121	1 in 1.5	15
West Anthro On this page	EA1053	Rifle (any legal weapon)	Jan. 16 to 24, 2027	62	36	1 in 1.7	4
West Anthro On this page	EA1054	Rifle (any legal weapon)	Dec. 12 to 31	166	72	1 in 2.3	8

Anthro EA2034

Resident odds, 2026

1 in 1.0

4 applicants, 4 permits

Nonresident odds, 2026

1 in 1.0

1 applicant, 1 permit

Everyone drew at (resident)

0+ pts

All 4 residents at the top level (0 points) drew

Lowest points that drew (resident)

0 pts

4 of 4 at 0 points drew

Hunt number

EA2034

Anthro

2026 season

Aug. 15 to Sept. 16

2027 dates post when DWR publishes the 2027 guidebook

Top point level applying

0 res / 0 nonres

4 residents at 0 points

Permits drawn, 2026

4 res / 1 nonres

Preference point draw

Key facts, hunt EA2034

Every resident point level that applied, down to 0 preference points, drew at least half its applicants in 2026.
Resident odds of 1 in 1.0 were the tied 1st best of 116 antlerless elk hunts with resident permits in 2026.
Resident applicants fell from 9 in 2023 to 4 in 2026 (-56%).
Resident permits went from 8 in 2025 to 4 in 2026.
Nonresidents were 20% of applicants (1 of 5) and drew 1 of 5 permits in 2026.
The 2026 season, Aug. 15 to Sept. 16, runs 33 days (2026 DWR guidebook).

Computed from Utah DWR draw odds (utahdraws.com/drawodds, 2026) and earlier DWR drawing odds reports. Past draws do not predict future ones.

Odds by point level, 2026

Resident

Resident, 2026 draw. Shaded rows drew at least one permit. Point levels with no applicants are left out.
Preference points	Applicants	Permits	Odds
0	4	4	all drew
Total	4	4	1 in 1.0

Nonresident

Nonresident, 2026 draw. Shaded rows drew at least one permit. Point levels with no applicants are left out.
Preference points	Applicants	Permits	Odds
0	1	1	all drew
Total	1	1	1 in 1.0

Source: Utah DWR draw odds, utahdraws.com/drawodds (2026). utahdraws.com/drawodds. "Odds" is applicants per permit at that point level, first-choice applicants and permits as DWR lists them.

4 years of history

Residents, 2023 to 2026, hunt EA2034. The DWR reports we hold (2018 onward) first list this hunt code in 2023. Earlier hunts on this unit may have run under other codes or boundaries; we do not merge them.

Resident applicants vs permitsApplicants Permits

Highest resident points that drew

Sources: Utah DWR drawing odds report PDFs and, for 2026, Utah DWR draw odds at utahdraws.com/drawodds. Each year links to its source. Lowest and all-drew point levels are computed from DWR's point-level rows: the lowest resident level with at least one permit, and the level from which every resident at that level and above drew.
Year	Res. applicants	Res. permits	Res. odds	Top res. points drawn	All res. drew from	Nonres. applicants	Nonres. permits
2026	4	4	1 in 1.0	0	0+	1	1
2025	8	8	1 in 1.0	0	0+	1	1
2024	12	12	1 in 1.0	2	0+	4	4
2023	9	9	1 in 1.0	1	0+	2	2

Range Creek EA1239

Resident odds, 2026

1 in 1.5

56 applicants, 38 permits

Nonresident odds, 2026

1 in 1.0

2 applicants, 2 permits

Everyone drew at (resident)

1+ pts

All 13 residents with 1 or more points drew

Lowest points that drew (resident)

0 pts

25 of 43 at 0 points drew

Hunt number

EA1239

Range Creek

2026 season

Oct. 3 to 25

2027 dates post when DWR publishes the 2027 guidebook

Top point level applying

3 res / 0 nonres

2 residents at 3 points

Permits drawn, 2026

38 res / 2 nonres

Preference point draw

Key facts, hunt EA1239

Every resident point level that applied, down to 0 preference points, drew at least half its applicants in 2026.
Resident odds of 1 in 1.5 were the tied 30th best of 116 antlerless elk hunts with resident permits in 2026.
Resident applicants rose from 36 in 2021 to 56 in 2026 (+56%).
Resident permits went from 40 in 2025 to 38 in 2026.
Nonresidents were 3% of applicants (2 of 58) and drew 2 of 40 permits in 2026.
The 2026 season, Oct. 3 to 25, runs 23 days (2026 DWR guidebook).

Computed from Utah DWR draw odds (utahdraws.com/drawodds, 2026) and earlier DWR drawing odds reports. Past draws do not predict future ones.

Odds by point level, 2026

Resident

Resident, 2026 draw. Shaded rows drew at least one permit. Point levels with no applicants are left out.
Preference points	Applicants	Permits	Odds
3	2	2	all drew
2	1	1	all drew
1	10	10	all drew
0	43	25	1 in 1.7
Total	56	38	1 in 1.5

Nonresident

Nonresident, 2026 draw. Shaded rows drew at least one permit. Point levels with no applicants are left out.
Preference points	Applicants	Permits	Odds
0	2	2	all drew
Total	2	2	1 in 1.0

Source: Utah DWR draw odds, utahdraws.com/drawodds (2026). utahdraws.com/drawodds. "Odds" is applicants per permit at that point level, first-choice applicants and permits as DWR lists them.

Youth draw

Resident

Resident, 2026 draw, antlerless, youth draw. Shaded rows drew at least one permit. Point levels with no applicants are left out.
Preference points	Applicants	Permits	Odds
0	8	8	all drew
Total	8	8	1 in 1.0

Nonresident

Nonresident, 2026 draw, antlerless, youth draw. Shaded rows drew at least one permit. Point levels with no applicants are left out.
Preference points	Applicants	Permits	Odds
No nonresident applicants in 2026.
Total	0	0	n/a

Source: Utah DWR draw odds, utahdraws.com/drawodds (2026). utahdraws.com/drawodds. "Odds" is applicants per permit at that point level, first-choice applicants and permits as DWR lists them.

6 years of history

Residents, 2021 to 2026, hunt EA1239. The DWR reports we hold (2018 onward) first list this hunt code in 2021. Earlier hunts on this unit may have run under other codes or boundaries; we do not merge them.

Resident applicants vs permitsApplicants Permits

Highest resident points that drew

Sources: Utah DWR drawing odds report PDFs and, for 2026, Utah DWR draw odds at utahdraws.com/drawodds. Each year links to its source. Lowest and all-drew point levels are computed from DWR's point-level rows: the lowest resident level with at least one permit, and the level from which every resident at that level and above drew.
Year	Res. applicants	Res. permits	Res. odds	Top res. points drawn	Lowest res. points drawn	All res. drew from	Nonres. applicants	Nonres. permits
2026	56	38	1 in 1.5	3	0	1+	2	2
2025	40	40	1 in 1.0	2	0	0+	6	5
2024	59	22	1 in 2.7	5	1	2+	3	3
2023	27	26	1 in 1.0	4	0	1+	8	3
2022	48	34	1 in 1.4	5	0	1+	8	4
2021	36	34	1 in 1.1	3	0	1+	5	4

Range Creek EA1240

Resident odds, 2026

1 in 1.5

180 applicants, 121 permits

Nonresident odds, 2026

1 in 1.0

15 applicants, 15 permits

Everyone drew at (resident)

1+ pts

All 69 residents with 1 or more points drew

Lowest points that drew (resident)

0 pts

52 of 111 at 0 points drew

Hunt number

EA1240

Range Creek

2026 season

Nov. 25, 2026 to Jan. 31, 2027

2027 dates post when DWR publishes the 2027 guidebook

Top point level applying

4 res / 0 nonres

1 resident at 4 points

Permits drawn, 2026

121 res / 15 nonres

Preference point draw

Key facts, hunt EA1240

At 1 preference points and above, at least half of resident applicants drew in 2026; below 1, fewer than half did.
Resident odds of 1 in 1.5 were the tied 30th best of 116 antlerless elk hunts with resident permits in 2026.
Resident applicants rose from 75 in 2021 to 180 in 2026 (+140%).
Resident permits held at 121 from 2025 to 2026.
Nonresidents were 8% of applicants (15 of 195) and drew 15 of 136 permits in 2026.
The 2026 season, Nov. 25, 2026 to Jan. 31, 2027, runs 68 days (2026 DWR guidebook).

Computed from Utah DWR draw odds (utahdraws.com/drawodds, 2026) and earlier DWR drawing odds reports. Past draws do not predict future ones.

Odds by point level, 2026

Resident

Resident, 2026 draw. Shaded rows drew at least one permit. Point levels with no applicants are left out.
Preference points	Applicants	Permits	Odds
4	1	1	all drew
3	3	3	all drew
2	14	14	all drew
1	51	51	all drew
0	111	52	1 in 2.1
Total	180	121	1 in 1.5

Nonresident

Nonresident, 2026 draw. Shaded rows drew at least one permit. Point levels with no applicants are left out.
Preference points	Applicants	Permits	Odds
0	15	15	all drew
Total	15	15	1 in 1.0

Source: Utah DWR draw odds, utahdraws.com/drawodds (2026). utahdraws.com/drawodds. "Odds" is applicants per permit at that point level, first-choice applicants and permits as DWR lists them.

Youth draw

Resident

Resident, 2026 draw, antlerless, youth draw. Shaded rows drew at least one permit. Point levels with no applicants are left out.
Preference points	Applicants	Permits	Odds
1	2	2	all drew
0	10	10	all drew
Total	12	12	1 in 1.0

Nonresident

Nonresident, 2026 draw, antlerless, youth draw. Shaded rows drew at least one permit. Point levels with no applicants are left out.
Preference points	Applicants	Permits	Odds
No nonresident applicants in 2026.
Total	0	0	n/a

Source: Utah DWR draw odds, utahdraws.com/drawodds (2026). utahdraws.com/drawodds. "Odds" is applicants per permit at that point level, first-choice applicants and permits as DWR lists them.

6 years of history

Residents, 2021 to 2026, hunt EA1240. The DWR reports we hold (2018 onward) first list this hunt code in 2021. Earlier hunts on this unit may have run under other codes or boundaries; we do not merge them.

Resident applicants vs permitsApplicants Permits

Highest resident points that drew

Sources: Utah DWR drawing odds report PDFs and, for 2026, Utah DWR draw odds at utahdraws.com/drawodds. Each year links to its source. Lowest and all-drew point levels are computed from DWR's point-level rows: the lowest resident level with at least one permit, and the level from which every resident at that level and above drew.
Year	Res. applicants	Res. permits	Res. odds	Top res. points drawn	Lowest res. points drawn	All res. drew from	Nonres. applicants	Nonres. permits
2026	180	121	1 in 1.5	4	0	1+	15	15
2025	182	121	1 in 1.5	5	0	1+	17	15
2024	200	87	1 in 2.3	5	0	1+	44	10
2023	96	81	1 in 1.2	4	0	1+	9	9
2022	104	44	1 in 2.4	5	0	1+	6	2
2021	75	29	1 in 2.6	4	1	2+	0	0

West Anthro EA1053New in 2026

Resident odds, 2026

1 in 1.7

62 applicants, 36 permits

Nonresident odds, 2026

1 in 1.0

4 applicants, 4 permits

Everyone drew at (resident)

1+ pts

All 34 residents with 1 or more points drew

Lowest points that drew (resident)

0 pts

2 of 28 at 0 points drew

Hunt number

EA1053

West Anthro

2026 season

Jan. 16 to 24, 2027

2027 dates post when DWR publishes the 2027 guidebook

Top point level applying

2 res / 1 nonres

12 residents at 2 points

Permits drawn, 2026

36 res / 4 nonres

Preference point draw

Key facts, hunt EA1053

At 1 preference points and above, at least half of resident applicants drew in 2026; below 1, fewer than half did.
Resident odds of 1 in 1.7 were the 35th best of 116 antlerless elk hunts with resident permits in 2026.
Nonresidents were 6% of applicants (4 of 66) and drew 4 of 40 permits in 2026.
The 2026 season, Jan. 16 to 24, 2027, runs 9 days (2026 DWR guidebook).

Computed from Utah DWR draw odds (utahdraws.com/drawodds, 2026) and earlier DWR drawing odds reports. Past draws do not predict future ones.

Odds by point level, 2026

Resident

Resident, 2026 draw. Shaded rows drew at least one permit. Point levels with no applicants are left out.
Preference points	Applicants	Permits	Odds
2	12	12	all drew
1	22	22	all drew
0	28	2	1 in 14.0
Total	62	36	1 in 1.7

Nonresident

Nonresident, 2026 draw. Shaded rows drew at least one permit. Point levels with no applicants are left out.
Preference points	Applicants	Permits	Odds
1	4	4	all drew
Total	4	4	1 in 1.0

Source: Utah DWR draw odds, utahdraws.com/drawodds (2026). utahdraws.com/drawodds. "Odds" is applicants per permit at that point level, first-choice applicants and permits as DWR lists them.

Youth draw

Resident

Resident, 2026 draw, antlerless, youth draw. Shaded rows drew at least one permit. Point levels with no applicants are left out.
Preference points	Applicants	Permits	Odds
1	1	1	all drew
0	7	7	all drew
Total	8	8	1 in 1.0

Nonresident

Nonresident, 2026 draw, antlerless, youth draw. Shaded rows drew at least one permit. Point levels with no applicants are left out.
Preference points	Applicants	Permits	Odds
No nonresident applicants in 2026.
Total	0	0	n/a

Source: Utah DWR draw odds, utahdraws.com/drawodds (2026). utahdraws.com/drawodds. "Odds" is applicants per permit at that point level, first-choice applicants and permits as DWR lists them.

History

DWR first printed hunt EA1053 in 2026, so there is only one year of data. The DWR reports we hold (2018 onward) first list this hunt code in 2026. Earlier hunts on this unit may have run under other codes or boundaries; we do not merge them.

Sources: Utah DWR drawing odds report PDFs and, for 2026, Utah DWR draw odds at utahdraws.com/drawodds. Each year links to its source. Lowest and all-drew point levels are computed from DWR's point-level rows: the lowest resident level with at least one permit, and the level from which every resident at that level and above drew.
Year	Res. applicants	Res. permits	Res. odds	Top res. points drawn	Lowest res. points drawn	All res. drew from	Nonres. applicants	Nonres. permits
2026	62	36	1 in 1.7	2	0	1+	4	4

West Anthro EA1054

Resident odds, 2026

1 in 2.3

166 applicants, 72 permits

Nonresident odds, 2026

1 in 1.4

11 applicants, 8 permits

Everyone drew at (resident)

2+ pts

All 36 residents with 2 or more points drew

Lowest points that drew (resident)

1 pts

36 of 54 at 1 points drew

Hunt number

EA1054

West Anthro

2026 season

Dec. 12 to 31

2027 dates post when DWR publishes the 2027 guidebook

Top point level applying

5 res / 2 nonres

1 resident at 5 points

Permits drawn, 2026

72 res / 8 nonres

Preference point draw

Key facts, hunt EA1054

At 1 preference points and above, at least half of resident applicants drew in 2026; below 1, fewer than half did.
Resident odds of 1 in 2.3 were the tied 41st best of 116 antlerless elk hunts with resident permits in 2026.
Resident applicants fell from 168 in 2018 to 166 in 2026 (-1%).
Resident permits went from 36 in 2025 to 72 in 2026.
Nonresidents were 6% of applicants (11 of 177) and drew 8 of 80 permits in 2026.
The 2026 season, Dec. 12 to 31, runs 20 days (2026 DWR guidebook).

Computed from Utah DWR draw odds (utahdraws.com/drawodds, 2026) and earlier DWR drawing odds reports. Past draws do not predict future ones.

Odds by point level, 2026

Resident

Resident, 2026 draw. Shaded rows drew at least one permit. Point levels with no applicants are left out.
Preference points	Applicants	Permits	Odds
5	1	1	all drew
3	6	6	all drew
2	29	29	all drew
1	54	36	1 in 1.5
0	76	0	none drawn
Total	166	72	1 in 2.3

Nonresident

Nonresident, 2026 draw. Shaded rows drew at least one permit. Point levels with no applicants are left out.
Preference points	Applicants	Permits	Odds
2	3	3	all drew
1	1	1	all drew
0	7	4	1 in 1.8
Total	11	8	1 in 1.4

Source: Utah DWR draw odds, utahdraws.com/drawodds (2026). utahdraws.com/drawodds. "Odds" is applicants per permit at that point level, first-choice applicants and permits as DWR lists them.

Youth draw

Resident

Resident, 2026 draw, antlerless, youth draw. Shaded rows drew at least one permit. Point levels with no applicants are left out.
Preference points	Applicants	Permits	Odds
1	1	1	all drew
0	16	16	all drew
Total	17	17	1 in 1.0

Nonresident

Nonresident, 2026 draw, antlerless, youth draw. Shaded rows drew at least one permit. Point levels with no applicants are left out.
Preference points	Applicants	Permits	Odds
No nonresident applicants in 2026.
Total	0	0	n/a

Source: Utah DWR draw odds, utahdraws.com/drawodds (2026). utahdraws.com/drawodds. "Odds" is applicants per permit at that point level, first-choice applicants and permits as DWR lists them.

9 years of history

Residents, 2018 to 2026, hunt EA1054.

Resident applicants vs permitsApplicants Permits

Highest resident points that drew

Sources: Utah DWR drawing odds report PDFs and, for 2026, Utah DWR draw odds at utahdraws.com/drawodds. Each year links to its source. Lowest and all-drew point levels are computed from DWR's point-level rows: the lowest resident level with at least one permit, and the level from which every resident at that level and above drew.
Year	Res. applicants	Res. permits	Res. odds	Top res. points drawn	Lowest res. points drawn	All res. drew from	Nonres. applicants	Nonres. permits
2026	166	72	1 in 2.3	5	1	2+	11	8
2025	165	36	1 in 4.6	4	1	2+	7	4
2024	205	39	1 in 5.3	5	1	2+	10	1
2023	115	115	1 in 1.0	3	0	0+	8	8
2022	167	167	1 in 1.0	4	0	0+	10	10
2021	169	169	1 in 1.0	3	0	0+	13	13
2020	166	166	1 in 1.0	3	0	0+	7	7
2019	119	119	1 in 1.0	2	0	0+	8	8
2018	168	168	1 in 1.0	2	0	0+	11	11

Nine Mile antlerless elk point creep

Resident applicants by preference points held, each year, on this unit's current hunt codes.

Computed from the point-level rows of Utah DWR drawing odds reports and, for 2026, Utah DWR draw odds at utahdraws.com/drawodds. First-choice resident applicants. "Hunt codes" is how many of this unit's hunts DWR listed that year.
Year	Hunt codes	Res. applicants	90th percentile	Top level	0 to 4 pts	5 to 9 pts
2026	5	468	2	5	467	1
2025	4	395	1	5	394	1
2024	4	476	1	5	472	4
2023	4	247	1	4	247	0
2022	3	319	2	5	316	3
2021	3	280	2	4	280	0
2020	1	166	1	3	166	0
2019	1	119	1	2	119	0
2018	1	168	1	2	168	0

Questions about Nine Mile antlerless elk draw odds

How many Nine Mile antlerless elk hunts are there?

DWR's 2026 draw odds list 5 hunts for Nine Mile antlerless elk: Anthro archery (EA2034); Range Creek rifle (any legal weapon) (EA1239); Range Creek rifle (any legal weapon) (EA1240); West Anthro rifle (any legal weapon) (EA1053); West Anthro rifle (any legal weapon) (EA1054).

Which Nine Mile antlerless elk hunt had the best resident odds in 2026?

Anthro archery (EA2034) at 1 in 1.0 (4 residents for 4 permits). The longest odds were West Anthro rifle (any legal weapon) (EA1054) at 1 in 2.3. Odds change every year.

When are the Nine Mile antlerless elk seasons?

2026 seasons from the DWR guidebook: EA2034 Aug. 15 to Sept. 16; EA1239 Oct. 3 to 25; EA1240 Nov. 25, 2026 to Jan. 31, 2027; EA1053 Jan. 16 to 24, 2027; EA1054 Dec. 12 to 31. 2027 dates post when DWR publishes the 2027 guidebook.

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Sources

Odds: Utah DWR draw odds, utahdraws.com/drawodds (2026). utahdraws.com/drawodds. History from the 2018 to 2025 DWR reports, linked year by year in the history tables.

Season dates: Utah DWR 2026 Antlerless Application Guidebook.

Page built Sept. 24, 2026. Found an error? [email protected]. Verify all dates and rules with DWR before applying.